Robert Cattan

cattan@mac.com

Robert Cattan is a professional photographer and visual artist. His career started at a young age when he moved to the United States from Uruguay. As he was becoming proficient in English, he realized he could also communicate with nuance and beauty through photography. He noticed and celebrated natural landscapes and cityscapes, portraits and still life. He continued to perfect his talents and opened a professional photography studio in the Chelsea District of New York City. He ran the studio for decades, providing photograph and digital services.

In his early 40s, he was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's Disease. He has been living with the disease for over 25 years. However, the disease has not slowed him down. He has been extremely prolific artistically and has explored many different mediums, gravitating most recently towards painting and collage. This collection of artwork, The Faces of Parkinsons, is particularly personal. It is an introspective view on the complicated impacts of the disease. The multi-layered paintings reflect emotions that are often very difficult to articulate with words. Fear, loss, anger, and a sense of disappearing or fading. While the paintings are difficult, just as the disease is, they are extremely honest and powerful in their expressiveness.